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Nicolás Galvez's image of a cockroach preparing to jump off a surface won the Undergraduate Photography first prize in the Envisioning Research contest.

Sep 4, 2024

Envisioning Research Undergrad Winners Bring Work to Life

The undergraduate winners of this year's Envisioning Research contest created photographs or microscopic images to demonstrate their research, along with its impact and importance. 

Julio Terán, an academic adviser and lecturer in the Engineering first-year program, with a Wolf Plaza statue.

Jul 31, 2024

UNC System Research Grant Transforms First-Year Engineering Course

In collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research, Julio Terán, an academic advisor and lecturer in the College of Engineering's first-year program, will use a UNC system grant to integrate carbon neutrality principles into a first-year course. 

The UHP's three Spring 2024 Richard L. Blanton Award for Outstanding Capstone award winners, pictured left to right: Ayesha Darekar, Jack Howard and Paige Meisner.

May 24, 2024

University Honors Program Bestows Three Blanton Awards for Spring 2024

The University Honors Program’s Richard L. Blanton Outstanding Capstone Award recognizes exceptional work by a University Honors Program student and encourages the highest levels of undergraduate scholarship and research at NC State. 

Jess Schinsky and her beagle, Delta.

Mar 29, 2024

Howling Success: Jess Schinsky

This month's Howling Success is a fourth-year student studying Zoology who takes pride in her work as an Office of Undergraduate Research Ambassador, helping other students discover their passions for research. 

Dec 6, 2023

Innovation Unleashed: Students Explore Data Science Research

During the Fall 2023 semester the Data Science Academy worked with the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) to fund three OUR Research Assistants. 

Janet Goins

Apr 10, 2023

Meet the Office of Undergraduate Research’s New Director, Janet Goins

Goins brings nearly 20 years of Ph.D. and field experience in scientific research, education and communication to NC State. 

Students work with samples in the Hydraulics Lab in Fitts-Woolard Hall on Centennial Campus; hands-on experience is a core component of student research.

Mar 27, 2023

Nurturing Research Know-How, One Student at a Time

The Office of Undergraduate Research is a nexus supporting mentorship, funding and hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates at NC State. 

A group of students make wolfie signs in front of a poster presentation

Jan 19, 2023

Students Present Research, Creative Work at SNCURCS

The Office of Undergraduate Research helped over 40 students to present their work at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. 

An aerial photo of Carter-Finley Stadium during the marching band's halftime show, where the band spells out "state"

Dec 16, 2022

The Biggest Academic and Student Affairs News from 2022

Look back at student life and achievements, anniversaries and celebrations, and individual and departmental recognitions in the Division of Academic and Student Affairs this year. 

Aerospace engineering students work in the nearly completed hypersonic wind tunned lab. The students are working under Dr. Venkat Narayanaswamy.

Nov 3, 2022

Meet NC State’s 2022 NSF GRFP Recipients

Twenty NC State students received financial support for their graduate school research, thanks to the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.